First Monday in October and On Golden Pond tied by producers
The piece traces Martha Scott's link to First Monday in October with Melvyn Douglas and Jean Arthur, its reworking by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, and Henry Fonda's involvement. It notes Fonda’s failed bid to back the film version and Walter Matthau Jill Clayburgh casting, leading to MGM and Paramount interest and early success for the projects.
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Golden Pond
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First Monday in October Faces Release Delays
Paramount shifts release plans for First Monday in October after Sandra Day O Connor's Supreme Court nomination. Martha Scott defends not exploiting the historic moment while aiming to boost audience interest with a witty literate story about the Supreme Court and its members.
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D.C
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Sandra Day O’connor
Supreme Court
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Martha Scott
Matthau
Clayburgh
Traces film cast announced for Columbia Pictures
Gene Wilder Gilda Radner Richard Widmark and Kathleen Quinlan star in Traces a romantic mystery comedy directed by Sidney Poitier. Filming locations include New York Boston Connecticut and Arizona with Poitier previously directing Wilder in Stir Crazy.
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Gilda Radner
Richard Widmark
Kathleen Quinlan
Columbia Pictures
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Boston
Connecticut
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Little River Band to Perform at Five Seasons Center
The Little River Band including Beeb Birtles David Briggs Derek Pellicci Graham Goble and Glenn Shorrock will play at the Five Seasons Center Tuesday at 8 p.m. America opens with hits Horse with No Name Ventura Highway Tin Man I Need You. General admission tickets are $9 in advance or $10 at the door plus service charges.
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Little River Band
Beeb Birtles
David Briggs
Derek Pellicci
Graham Goble
Glenn Shorrock
Five Seasons Center
America
Mazursky Starts Tempest Film in Atlantic City
Director Paul Mazursky has begun filming Tempest in Atlantic City New Jersey with John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Susan Sarandon Vittorio Gassman and Raul Julia. The project co written with Leon Capetanos will also shoot in New York Greece and Rome.
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Hollywood
Paul Mazursky
Atlantic City
N.J
John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands
Susan Sarandon
Vittorio Gassman
Raul Julia
Mazursky
Leon Capetanos
New York
Greece
Rome
Bette Davis to star in A Piano for Mrs Cimino
Bette Davis will headline the CBS television film A Piano for Mrs Cimino produced by EMI Television Programs. John Gay writes the screenplay from Robert Oliphant’s book about a 68 year old widow facing family schemes to seize her property in the 1980s. An earthquake near southwest Mexico City in 1973 killed 500 and injured 1,000.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Mexico City
Eileen Brennan to Star in Female Sheriff CBS Film
Eileen Brennan will star as a woman who becomes sheriff in a Western town in the CBS movie Female Sheriff filmed on location in Park City Utah. Jud Taylor directs from a Jim Byrnes screenplay for CBS. the title will be changed later.
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Hollywood
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Capt. Lewis
Private Benjamin
CBS
Park City
Utah
Jud Taylor
Jim Byrnes
Bennett Cerf Dies at 73 After Ten-Year Career
Bennett Cerf, a prominent editor and publisher, died at age 73 ten years after launching a prolific career in books and humor. The obituary notes his influence in American publishing and his long association with Random House.
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